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W W Slide 01 Slide 02 Slide 03 Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide Workplace and Workforce Literacy in the NWT and Nunavut: Project Overview For Wwestnet Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Workshop May 2005 Context • New attention nationally and more locally on workforce and workplace literacy • Increasing demand for information about workplace and workforce literacy from literacy councils • Lack of information, awareness among stakeholders about current situation Working Definitions • Workplace literacy: workplace-based programs and initiatives that improve an individual’s basic literacy skills or “essential skills” • Workforce literacy: programs and services that enable people to “up-skill” in order to find employment, move into a new job in a specific labour market or enter training such as the trades Slide 04 Slide 05 Slide 06 Project History • Similarity of issues ? collaboration between the NWT and Nunavut Literacy Councils • Proposal to National Literacy Secretariat in 2004 for three-year project • Project approval in September 2004 Year 1 Goals • Environmental scan of the state of workplace literacy in Nunavut and the NWT • Explore models for collaboration among stakeholders • Development of “snapshot” discussion document Year 2 Goals • Stakeholder meeting • Development of promotion campaign • Focus groups in two communities in each of the territories – With employers to identify their needs and resources – With employers and learners to identify needs and resources of potential and existing employees 50
Slide 07 Slide 08 Slide 09 Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide Year 3 Goals • Convene stakeholders to plan future collaboration • Develop inventory of existing resources, models and promising practices • Develop and implement promotion campaign • Develop “how-to” materials for communities • Develop workplace/workforce literacy promotion kit Progress to Date • First draft of discussion document complete • First meeting of stakeholders in Yellowknife in April 2005 • Priorities for collaboration: – Identification of and consolidation of existing resources among Northern stakeholders – Sharing information and experience among stakeholders Next Steps • Revision of discussion paper based on updated information from stakeholders • Development of on-line access point for workforce and workplace literacy resources relevant to northern employers • Exchange among stakeholders of approaches to new literacy data • Focus groups in four communities of employers and employees Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Project Outcomes • Workplace/workforce literacy resource manual • Collaboration mechanisms • Greater clarity about roles and responsibilities • Co-ordination to ensure gaps are being filled to meet needs of learners and employers Project Outcomes • Workplace/workforce literacy resource manual • Collaboration mechanisms • Greater clarity about roles and responsibilities • Co-ordination to ensure gaps are being filled to meet needs of learners and employers Contact Information Helen Balanoff NWT Literacy Council helen@nwtliteracy.ca (867) 873-9262 Havi Echenberg Researcher/facilitator for project havi@havidave.com (613) 728-6345 W W 51
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